Stuart,The texture on both cheeses look great! Nice and smooth with no open places in the cheese.What size wheels are these? They appear to be 6" diameter, but it's hard to tell with nothing to use as a reference point.Regardless they really do look fantastic.Congratulations on a great start.

these cheeses are made to the "farmhouse Cheddar" recipe I got in the booklet with my kit from Leeners. I made them on Saturday and Sunday this week, and they are already edible. I will lay some down in the basement for aging, but having edible results this quickly is giving me the spur to make more, and make it properly.... which is probably exactly the point they were trying to achieve